Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Wherever you are in this wonderful world I hope you are safe, healthy, free from

anxieties and that you can rest, tangle and create with comfort and contentment.

You have given me joy reading all the fantastic comments from the last blog.Names randomly chosen are: Deanne Biron Christine Chipman Jennifer SparrowPlease email your postal addresses and I will pop your gem tiles in the mail for you.pabmab4 (at) bigpond (dot) comWith love and hugsShelly

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The Diva'sWeekly Challenge #248: "Give the Gift of Zentangle"When I first started tangling I often called tiles little gems and now thanks to a fantastic FaceBook group hosted by Eni Oken I have learnt to make gemstones. You can find Eni's site here Eni Oken.comThis week we heard the sad news that our lovely friend Sharon Lynne Payne (CZT7) suffered a nasty stroke.

Saturday, December 12, 2015

You are probably far to busy this week to colour-in but you are welcome to print out the page and keep it for the holidays. A fun exercise using tripoliAdd lines, circles, colour, shade, even more tangles, embellish. Hope you have a jolly time!!

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #246: "Guest Post: Monotangle Trees"Dilip Patel from India is spreading the word about planting trees and caring for our environment so tangling a tree is our challenge for this week. Good one Dilip!!You can see Dilip's fantastic range of Zentangle art at his blog here where he often shares a thoughtful message through his drawing.

Whew, the wind is blowing this old tree!!

It is very dry at our place already and summer has just begun. When I drive up the hill to our home this beautiful Eucalyptus comes into view, standing straight and tall at the top of our driveway, it is always a lovely sight especially when the sun is setting.
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Mailing today:If you would like to purchase a copy of 'Today I Will Tangle' just click on My Etsy shop link here or for Aussie tanglers click here (scroll down).

Friday, November 20, 2015

Don't get your knickers in a knot.........colour in!Colouring in books seem to be the new fad about town for relaxation but of course all us tanglers know that Zentangle is way better! I can still understand though that some people just want to sit, colour and not think to much. With Zentangle we use tangles for design, texture and colour and focus on the pattern not whether we should use green or blue. Although with our tangled page there are still small spaces that can be filled in, (normally with black) here I have filled in those spaces with subtle colours.The second image is the 'before' photo for you to colour. Have fun, print it out, (size - A4) add tangles, orbs, embellish and shade as you like just don't get your knickers in a knot.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #244: "Tripoli Triptastic"Popped down to the local art shop and bought myself a treat, a beautiful new tin of Prismacolour pencils! When I normally draw Tripoli it wanders off in different directions, today I tried to keep it confined. You can find the steps for Tripoli here. Such a fascinating tangle.

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Tangling punzel, I find that taking a deep breath and just thinking about that 1st step places the 'shark fin' shape in the right direction. After tangling this Zendala tile I am now thinking 'cow horns'.

I don't know how that happened but unknown outcomes is a fantastic aspect of Zentangle.
Hope it gives you a chuckle!!

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Three cheers to everyone who has purchased 'Today I Will Tangle' our 1st printing has sold out. Hopefully there will be more hot off the printing press very soon.Thank you so much for supporting our project.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Beate's fun tangle tri-bee spins with a whirl across the tile. As soon as it began to flow my thoughts went directly to punzel and ciquital which also use the same repetitive shape but in different ways.What a lovely surprise to see Beate's tangle as The Diva's challenge this week especially after meeting Beate in Hamburg last month. Beate gave Paul and I a great sightseeing tour of Hamburg, we enjoyed a meal together and fortunately Beate's husband Hajo was able to join us also. Thankfully they both speak English! Our workshop was a buzz, everyone made me feel very welcome with gorgeous presents and Zentangle inspired surprises. Enthusiastic tanglers travelled from around Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium to join us which was quite an overwhelming experience for me.

Thank you Beate for the wonderful time you so generously gave us.

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Happy tanglers in Hamburg after finishing their marvellous mooka tiles.

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Meeting Mariët in Amsterdam was a treat. We had so much to talk about.

Thank you to everyone who has purchased my book, I am absolutely thrilled with your response.

There were a few problems with the postage regarding multiple sales on the

Etsy site but hopefully that has been fixed now.

If the costing doesn't look right please just send me an email and I'll work it out for you.

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Spring in Tasmania is a wonderful time of year to return home from holiday. I have heaps of photos, special memories with friends and inspiration for Zentangle Art which I'll share later.Firstly I am excited to announce the publication of my little book Today I Will Tangle. Over the last few years I have had many requests for a book and here it is in print!!